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Johanna posted the Kabul Beauty School | 3 days ago
Author : Deborah Rodriguez Release Date : Dec. 17, 2007 This novel is a true-to-life adventure of a certified hairdresser from Michigan, Deborah Rodriguez who "in 2002, helped form the Kabul Beauty School, the first modern beauty school and training salon in Afghanistan" (About the Author page __The...
Chunks posted Being in Egypt | Sep 21, 2008
Being in Cairo is tumultuous (is this even a word, I don't want to go and check). It is turbulent and deep and emotive. Being here brings nostalgia, longing for a past, wanting to take care, wonderment at what has happened while you were away, love of the place, the people, the land, and many other...
Chunks posted Egypt 2008 - summer | Sep 20, 2008
So I am in Cairo. It is Ramadan time (the muslim month of dawn-to-dusk no-food-no-water daily fasts). The weather is muggy although not terribly hot (high humidity, 30C-ish temperature). My parents are well. Internet speeds are abysmal. Whether in people's homes or at internet shops, speed is barely...
South meets west posted Au revoir grandpere! | Sep 1, 2008
Saturday morning I received the call that I had expected for some time. My grandfather, who was born in 1910, took his last breath sometime in the early morning. He went out quietly and without any pain. My mother was already awake at my aunt’s home where they are waiting things out while...
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